Restaking yields come from token emissions and VC incentives, not productive activity. Complex models concentrate power among large operators, while compounding risk cascades....
Nearly all stablecoins track the U.S. dollar. Experiments with baskets and commodities show how hard that grip is to loosen....
A growing amount of the blockchain industry’s fees are captured by DeFi protocols rather than the underlying networks, signaling a potential investor shift to front-end facing applications....
Article URL: https://www.sec.gov/enforcement-litigation/litigation-releases/lr-26450 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46740644 Points: 11 # Comments: 0...
The TROVE token generation event is still scheduled to proceed on Monday, despite the sudden pivot to Solana....
Selling the Bitcoin would have violated President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14233, which mandates that any Bitcoin obtained through criminal or civil forfeiture “shall not be sold.”...
Three House Democrats warned that leaving the SEC's case against the Tron founder unresolved could ”undermine investors’ confidence” in the financial regulator....
Scheduled for release from a halfway house on Wednesday, former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison will have served 440 days in federal custody....
The hedge fund manager said central banks were not handling fiat in the same way, warning of a breakdown in the global monetary order....
Advocates for the incarcerated Samourai Wallet developers have argued that the DOJ liquidated the Bitcoin funds against the president’s wishes....
Bermuda wants to take its entire economy on-chain and will lean on Coinbase and Circle for support in the process....
Ethereum remains the leader in total value locked, but declining usage and economic uncertainty in the United States may hinder a rally to $4,000....
As DePIN projects generate revenue and AI agents move onchain, builders are shifting focus from speculation to fundamentals, but questions remain about Web3’s decentralization ethos....
In an earnings call transcript shared on X, BofA CEO Brian Moynihan pointed to studies suggesting yield-bearing stablecoins could draw trillions from the banking system....
Investors sought refuge from crypto exposure on Wednesday as President Donald Trump pulled back from his Greenland-related threats....
In 2024, the Bank for International Settlements stepped back from mBridge, seeking to distance itself from sanctions-related speculation surrounding the platform....
The market cap of stablecoins topped $311 billion this week as traders sought shelter from crypto market volatility....
From ethics violations to billion-dollar family profits, Trump's crypto ventures have triggered legislative warfare and industry backlash....
The amendments marked the latest Democratic Party-driven push to prevent US officials from profiting off of crypto interests....
Billionaire’s firm plans portfolio to profit from rising and falling prices, following sharp sell-off in digital assets sector...